Athletes

Janina Kuzma

Six-time New Zealand Open Freeski Champion, two-time Canadian Freeski Champion, two-time World Heli Challenge Champion and 2014 Winter Olympian. Janina is one of the top professional female skiers of her generation and is one of the most confident big mountain skiers out there. Janina’s achievements on the snow speak for herself and she works dam hard for what she has achieved.

Janina, or ‘G’ as she is known to friends, has always had a love for the mountains, she grew up all over the world, from Papua New Guinea to Borneo to Australia. Now residing in Wanaka New Zealand and is a New Zealand freeski team member. Ripping around the ski resort of Fernie in Canada as a kid seeing all the guys tearing up the mountain didn’t let intimidation on the ski field stand in her way. Instead, she used the pressure and fear as motivation to rise up on the women’s competitive scene.

She made her first appearance in 2005 competing on the Canadian Freeski tour dominating the Canadian scene. Not only does this girl compete in the Big Mountain environment, but she can also shred in the park, having many podiums in pipe. In 2009 Janina became the first women to win a Big Mountain and Pipe title in The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand. And in 2014 Janina placed 5th in the finals of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic ski halfpipe final - the debut of her chosen discipline. It will be the first time Half pipe skiing is show cased in the Olympic Games.

Nickname?

G

D.O.B?

17/09/1985

Hometown?

Wanaka, New Zealand

Favourite food?

Spaghetti

What music you listen to?

Everything

Training Nutrition?

Water, Fruit, veges and Organic if possible

Three things you always pack?

Water, wallet and phone

Favourite Movie?

I have so many I can’t choose one in particular

Biggest Strength?

Being able to remember my lines

Biggest Weakness?

Spiders

Proudest Sporting Moment?

5th at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games

Favourite TNF Product?

Halfdome hoodie. I wear mine pretty much everyday!!! And there are so many cool colours.